History Film / AsterixAndObelixTakeOnCaesar

* MsFanservice: Panacea/Falbala, who is played by Creator/LaetitiaCasta in low-cut outfits.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Getafix agrees to make Detritus Magic Potion, he tricks the Romans to bring Asterix (who's locked up in a cage) next to the cauldron to say the magic words with him so that Getafix can quickly feed him the potion. Unfortunately for them, the fresh concoction is simply far too hot for Asterix to drink, and the Romans quickly pull him away from the cauldron.

* AwardBaitSong: The end credits song "Elle ne me voit pas[[labelnote:*]]She Doesn't See Me[[/labelnote]]", a slow, mournful ballad about Obelix's unrequited feelings for Panacea, which feels tonally at odds with a comedy film.

''Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar'' (French: ''Astérix & Obélix contre César'') is the first live-action theatrical movie to be based on the popular ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comics of Creator/ReneGoscinny and Creator/AlbertUderzo, directed by Creator/ClaudeZidi. It came out in 1999 and spawned a film series.

''Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar'' (French: ''Astérix & Obélix contre César'') is the first live-action theatrical movie to be based on the popular ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comics, directed by Creator/ClaudeZidi. It came out in 1999 and spawned a film series.

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* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: It’s quite possible that the random occurrences of swearing in the Pathé English dub are quite possibly done so the movie wasn’t rated U in the UK.

* AvoidTheDreddedGRating: It’s quite possible that the random occurrences of swearing in the Pathé English dub are quite possibly done so the movie wasn’t rated U in the UK.

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''Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar'' (French: ''Astérix & Obélix contre César'') is the first live-action theatrical movie to be based on the popular ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comics, directed by Creator/ClaudeZidi. It came out in 1999.

* AndYourLittleDogToo: After torturing both Getafix and Asterix fail to make Getafix agree to brew him some Magic Potion, Detritus finally gets the druid to comply by torturing Dogmatix.

In 50 B.C., Julius Caesar is celebrating his victory over all of Gaul, but Lucius Detritus has kept from him that one village has managed to resist them. Detritus travels to the garrison near the village where Caius Bonus, the garrison's commanding Centurion, explains that the Gauls have a magic potion made by the druid getafix, which makes them invincible. Detritus decides to capture the potion for himself, and hearing that the clever Asterix and permanently invincible Obelix are the backbone of the Gaulish forces, attempts and fails to eliminate them, then captures Getafix.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: the Soothsayer uses a combination of mushrooms and hypnotism to put Asterix in a trance where he imagines all his fellow Gauls to be Romans. He thus attacks Obelix, creating a distraction that allows the Soothsayer to steal the gold the Gauls stole from the Romans earlier. It takes Cacofonix’ bad singing to finally snap him out of the hypnosis.

* DressingAsTheEnemy: to infiltrate the Roman camp and rescue Getafix, Asterix has Obelix [[MuggedForDisguise mug a Roman]] for his uniform, and pretend to be a legionary who [[TrojanPrisoner captured Asterix]]. Asterix also specifically instructs Obelix to stay in his assumed role at all times, until Asterix gives him the signal to stop acting.

* FoeTossingCharge: Wouldn't be an Asterix Movie without the Gauls doing this at least once.

** When nothing else can undo the hypnosis the Soothsayer used on Asterix, Getafix sees no other choice but to use Cacofonix’ singing. That finally does the trick.

* KarmaHoudini: the Soothsayer and his two henchmen succeed in tricking the Gauls into robbing a Roman tax collector, and then steal the gold from the Gauls by drugging and hypnotizing Asterix to distract the other Gauls. They are not seen again afterwards and face no comeuppance whatsoever.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: During the arena scene, Asterix keeps trying, and failing, to give Obelix his signal to drop the act and come to his aid, but he’s out of hearing range. And then, just as Asterix is about to be killed, Detritus unknowingly helps Asterix give Obelix the signal because he is curious what exactly Asterix is shouting to Obelix and uses his skills of lip reading to find out.
* PhonyPsychic: The soothsayer has not psychic power. He pretends to see the future to manipulate the villagers, so that they help him in his plan to steal money from the Romans.
* TheStarscream: Lucius Detritus, who uses the magic potion he forces Getafix to make, and Obelix’s assistance, to overthrow Julius Caesar and have him imprisoned.

It stars Creator/ChristianClavier as Asterix, Creator/GerardDepardieu as Obelix, Creator/GottfriedJohn as UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar and Creator/RobertoBenigni as Lucius Detritus, amidst a [[AllStarCast huge cast]] of both up-and-coming and veteran French actors.